Dr Bridget Egan 

Senior Lecturer in Education 

Education, Health and Social Care 

Email:

bridget.egan@winchester.ac.uk 

Phone:

01962 827474 

Address:

Expertise

Bridget has three key areas of expertise. These are: research methods in education, Early Years education and primary design and technology education.

Publications

2009. Learning Conversations and Listening Pedagogy: the relationship in students teachers' developing identities. European Early Childhood Educational Research Journal, 17. (1). 43-56.

2008. Editor: Innovative Practice: Teachers and Young Children Exploring Their Worlds Together . Research in Action Occasional Papers. University of Winchester

2006. Editor: Teachers and Young Children Exploring Their Worlds Together. Research in Action Occasional Papers University of Winchester

2006.Creating case studies of practice through appreciative inquiry. Educational Action Research International Journal, 14. (3). 407-422. With Clarke,H. Fletcher,L. & Ryan,C.

2005. 'Creative Friends' in a collaborative Project. In: Benson, C, L. (Ed.) Excellence Through Enjoyment. Birmingham. 34-38

2004. Constructing a Professional Identity: some preliminary findings from early years students. European Early Childhood Educational Research Journal, 12. (2).

Research Interests

Bridget'smain research interestsinclude the ways in which dialogue takes place in educational settings - 'sustained shared thinking' as an aspect of early years learning and development. Children's drawings as a vehicle for narrative and particularly how this narrative function works in design education. How young teachers develop as researchers, and how that learning influences their professional thinking and identity.

Funding Awards and Professional Membership

• Trustee of Commonwealth Association of Science,Technology and MathsEducators
• Design and Technology Association
• British Educational Research Association
• European Early Childhood Educational Research Association
• Editorial Board member of Educational Review